the front side of Terra, Magical Adept // Esper Terra
the back side of Terra, Magical Adept // Esper Terra
the front side of Resourceful Defense
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of The Fire Crystal
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Nonlegendary Saga
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Color Identity: W, U, B, R, G

Cards

  1. Terra, Magical Adept // Esper Terra
  2. Resourceful Defense
  3. The Fire Crystal
  4. Nonlegendary Saga

Initial Card State

  1.  All permanents on the battlefield.

Mana Needed

  1. four generic manaone red manaone green mana available.

Steps

  1. Activate Terra, Magical Adept by paying four generic manaone red manaone green mana and tapping it, exiling it and returning it to the battlefield as Esper Terra.
  2. When Esper Terra enters the battlefield, its first chapter ability triggers, copying another Nonlegendary Saga you control and putting two to three lore counters on it.
  3. The Saga tokens first through fourth chapter abilities trigger, as applicable. Resolve all triggers, and sacrifice the Saga token upon resolving the final trigger.
  4. When the Saga token leaves the battlefield, Resourceful Defense triggers, moving the lore counters from the Saga token onto Esper Terra.
  5. Esper Terra's second, third and fourth chapter abilities trigger.
  6. Resolve the second and third chapter abilities.
  7. Resolve the fourth chapter ability, adding one white manaone white manaone blue manaone blue manaone black manaone black manaone red manaone red manaone green manaone green mana and then exiling Esper Terra and returning it to the battlefield as Terra, Magical Adept.
  8. Resourceful Defense and Terra, Magical Adept trigger.
  9. Resolve the Resourceful Defense trigger, moving all counters from Esper Terra onto any other permanent.
  10. Resolve the Terra, Magical Adept trigger, causing you to mill five cards and return up to one enchantment card from among them from your graveyard to your hand.
  11. Repeat.

Notes

  1. The chosen Saga must have no more than four chapter abilities. Once you have infinite white mana, you can instead copy any other permanent besides the chosen Saga, and move counters to and from Esper Terra using Resourceful Defense's ability.

Results

  1. Infinite creature LTB.
  2. Infinite creature ETB.
  3. Infinite colored mana.
  4. Infinite self-mill.
  5. Infinite token copies of nonlegendary enchantments you control.

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